# Oh terrific. I'm eating in my sleep. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948 "2008-03-11T12:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/1 "2008-03-11T12:22:34Z")
For at least the last two nights. I got home from work last night and went into the freezer to grab something to nuke for dinner and I find two opened packages of finger food/appetizer-type stuff, both partially consumed. This morning the remainder of one of them is gone. No memory whatsoever do I have of eating any of this. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/2 "2008-03-11T12:24:14Z")
Sorry. I won’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/3 "2008-03-11T12:25:15Z")
Hey, how about leaving some hot sauce around! ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/4 "2008-03-11T12:41:56Z")
You quite obviously have an escaped axe murderer lying low in your attic/cellar, creeping downstairs to raid the fridge when you’re out or asleep… ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/5 "2008-03-11T12:45:19Z")
I did that once. I woke up one morning with my mouth tasting horrid, like I’d slept without brushing the teeth. On the little table by my bed was a half-eaten chocolate bar. Somewhat disconcerting. I don’t think that I had to get out of bed for it though. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/6 "2008-03-11T12:48:22Z")
Many people eat when they sleepwalk, but usually not a lot. I’ve even started to prepare a meal. Whatever it is, it never seems to get completed. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/7 "2008-03-11T12:56:21Z")
Aren’t there some medications that can make you do this? I like to eat at night, but I’m generally awake at the time. Showing good judgment? Probably not. But awake. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/8 "2008-03-11T13:24:33Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] I’ve even started to prepare a meal. [/QUOTE] This is what concerns me, that I’ll start cooking something other than microwave finger food and set the place on fire. I have in the past forgotten to turn the oven off after taking a dish out; if I’m sleep-cooking I can easily imagine popping something in the oven and leaving it there. > [@CairoCarol](#): > > Aren’t there some medications that can make you do this? IIRC Ambien and some other sleep meds can lead to all sorts of sleep-activities, but I’m not on any medications. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/9 "2008-03-11T13:37:58Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] This is what concerns me, that I’ll start cooking something other than microwave finger food and set the place on fire. I have in the past forgotten to turn the oven off after taking a dish out; if I’m sleep-cooking I can easily imagine popping something in the oven and leaving it there. [/QUOTE] If you’re really concerned, and you live with someone else, you can have that person somehow lock the kitchen and not let you know how to open the door. Sleep walkers, though, usually don’t do don’t dangerous things that they wouldn’t do while awake. One of my sisters, however, did once go for a walk along the edge of a cliff in Mexico. She was fine. It’s kind of like being Mr. McGoo. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/10 "2008-03-11T14:10:23Z")
I live alone in an apartment with an open kitchen area. No doors. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/11 "2008-03-11T14:20:13Z")
…and when I woke up, half my pillow was gone." ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/12 "2008-03-11T14:24:12Z")
I have woke up in the kitchen with a tub of butter cooking in the microwave , also woke up once eating a cigarette. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/13 "2008-03-11T15:03:56Z")
Otto, this will probably sound kinda stupid, but if you have an electric stove, you could always unplug it before you go to bed… PS - I sleepwalk too - it sucks, doesn’t it. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/14 "2008-03-11T15:04:31Z")
Holy crap, Otto… You might have someone phrogging in your appartment! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/15 "2008-03-11T15:18:40Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] IIRC Ambien and some other sleep meds can lead to all sorts of sleep-activities, but I’m not on any medications. [/QUOTE] Combine that with one of those Restless Leg Syndrome meds that cause an increase in urges for sex, gambling, etc. and just see what happens! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/16 "2008-03-11T15:44:18Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Combine that with one of those Restless Leg Syndrome meds that cause an increase in urges for sex, gambling, etc. and just see what happens! [/QUOTE] Oh jeez, I better check my poker account. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/17 "2008-03-11T16:50:46Z")
Have you strewn some flour on the floor around the fridge and around your bed? That may tell you something about what you do at night. Or you could set a webcam on yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/18 "2008-03-11T17:56:55Z")
You should know that you sir have a [Brownie.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_(elf)) Even president Bush has a helpful Brownie so don’t feel sad one has joimed your household. [Bush’s helpful 3 inch friend.](http://www.jibjab.com/originals/funny_foreign_names) ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/19 "2008-03-11T19:57:43Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] …and when I woke up, half my pillow was gone." [/QUOTE] Feeling a little down in the mouth? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948/20 "2008-03-11T20:01:50Z")
My SO is an occasional sleepwalker, I won’t embarrass him by mentioning his usual sleepwalking activity. Something we did that helped out was to put a chair in front of our bedroom door. That simple blockade seemed to deter him from leaving our room when sleepwalking. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-terrific-im-eating-in-my-sleep/440948.md?page=2)